In 2001 Be's copyrights were sold to Palm, Inc.
also released a stripped-down version of BeOS for Internet Appliances (BeIA), which soon became the company's business focus in place of BeOS. BeOS PE could be started from within Microsoft Windows or Linux, and was intended to nurture consumer interest in its product and give developers something to tinker with. also released a stripped-down, but free, copy of BeOS R5 known as BeOS Personal Edition (BeOS PE). Through the late 1990s, BeOS managed to create a niche of followers, but the company failed to remain viable. ĭue to Apple's moves and the mounting debt of Be Inc., BeOS was soon ported to the Intel x86 platform with its R3 release in March 1998. These systems could dual boot either the Classic Mac OS or BeOS, with a start-up screen offering the choice. In 1997, Power Computing began bundling BeOS (on a CD for optional installation) with its line of PowerPC-based Macintosh clones. Apple's board of directors decided NeXTSTEP was a better choice and purchased NeXT in 1996 for $429 million, bringing back Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Apple CEO Gil Amelio started negotiations to buy Be Inc., but negotiations stalled when Be CEO Jean-Louis Gassée wanted $300 million Apple was unwilling to offer any more than $125 million. Initially designed to run on AT&T Hobbit-based hardware, BeOS was later modified to run on PowerPC-based processors: first Be's own systems, later Apple Inc.'s PowerPC Reference Platform and Common Hardware Reference Platform, with the hope that Apple would purchase or license BeOS as a replacement for its aging Classic Mac OS. Beta 2 of Haiku was released in June 2020. Beta 1 of Haiku was released in September 2018, six years after Alpha 4.
The open-source operating system Haiku, a complete reimplementation of BeOS, is designed to start up where BeOS left off. and today BeOS is mainly used and developed by a small population of enthusiasts. It was ultimately unable to achieve a significant market share, and did not prove commercially viable for Be Inc. It was first written to run on BeBox hardware.īeOS was positioned as a multimedia platform that could be used by a substantial population of desktop users and a competitor to Classic Mac OS and Microsoft Windows.
at the Wayback Machine (archived March 29, 2002)īeOS is an operating system for personal computers first developed by Be Inc.
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